o'nomjö

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	o'nomjö
Brazilian standard	o'nomjä
New Tribes	o'nomjä

Alternative forms

• o'nomja (Caura River dialect)
• ö'nömja (Cunucunuma River dialect)

Etymology

Apparently from öt- (intransitivizer) +‎ e'nomja (“to leave behind”), although the expected form would be *oto'nomja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oʔnomm̥ə]

Verb

o'nomjö

1. (Caura River dialect, intransitive, agentive) to remain, to stay, to be left

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “o'nomjö, e'nomja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 229: “[wë'nẹ̈mha] 'I stay'”